Bin front



Sept. 14 1926. 1,599,933

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UNITED sTATss isaiasi PATENT orties.

WALTER N. VANCE, OF CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO DURAND STEELLOCKER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BIN FRONT.

Application lcd January 28, 1922.

This invention relates in general to shelving, and while t-he embodimentof it, selected for the purposes of illustration, 1s a bin front, itwill be readily manifest that it has other and different uses, as forexample in a downturnedv shelf edge.

A principal object of the present invention is the provision of animproved construction in bin fronts and the like for holding a pluralityof labels which may be. provided without the addit-ion of material, andwithout involving` the performance of costly operations in themanufacture of the shelving.

rl`he invention has for a further object the provision of a labelholding construction in bin fronts, shelf edgesand the` like, into whichthe labels may be easily and expeditiously inserted and removed andwhich will, by reason of its construction, firmly hold the labels inplace.

Another important object of the invention is the provision of a binfront wherein the labels may be positioned and protected against soilingin use.

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparentas the same is better understood from the following description, which,taken in connection with the accompanying` drawings, discloses apreferred embodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a bin front provided with my presentinvention, and showing the same in position in a shelving organization;and

Figs. 2 and 3 are sections taken substantially on the lines 2 2 and 3-3of Fig. 1.

A portion of a shelving organization is shown on the drawing andcomprises vertical uprights 11 of tubular form. These uprights supportan appropriate arrangement of cross bearers 12 on which rest shelves 13.

Reference character 14 indicates a bin front, i. e., a member adapted tobe disposed between two adjacent front uprights and above a shelf toprovide the front wall of a bin, the remaining' walls being provided bythe shelving proper'. This bin front, in the present instance, issecured to the uprights by tongue members 15 secured to each end of thebin front at 16 and interlocking with the uprights themselves. The binfront consists of a metal sheet having a top hori- Serial No. 532,524.

zontal liange 17 and a bottom horizontal flange 1S, these flanges beingformed by bending the material on horizontal lines of bend 19 to causethe flanges to extend Ioutwardly to provide a guard and then bendingthem inwardly on lines of bend 21 to provide return flange portions orretaining flanges. It is not to be understood that this order of bendingis the procedure preferably adopted, the terms above mentioned beingmerely that of description of the finished structure shown.

At intervals I stamp out portions 22 to provide label holders.Oppositely curved severing lines 23 are cut through the material, theends of these lines of severance being spaced apart to provideconnecting tongues between the sheet body and the set off portions. rEheportions 22 are in the stamping or pressing arranged in a plane slightlyin front of the forward face of the body of the sheet, and the curvedlines 23 are preferably of circular forni. T his construetion permitsthe label edge 25 to be engaged between the portion and the sheet body.ln the present instance I have shown a number of portions 22 arrangedfor the reception of a number of labels, one less than the num ber ofportions 22. The labels may be inserted by first positioning one edge ofa label beneath a side of a portion 22 and then snapping the oppositeedge between the next adjacent label holding clamp or portion 22. Thusconstructed, the label is firmly held in place back within the flanges21, which protect it from soiling, and above a lowermost flange whichunder all conditions can act to prevent the label falling or slidingdown out of its holder. j

It will be noted that the ianges 17 and 18 are themselves label holding`flanges. However, it frequently happens (particularly where bindividers are used) that a number of labels of relatively short lengthare desired and the portions 22 act to restrain such short labelsagainst sidewise movement,

holding them accurately in predetermined relation.

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantageswill be understood from the foregoing description, and it will beapparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction andarrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the formhereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim:

l. The combination of, spaced iiprigdil's,

means cooperating with said uprights to provide a bin, and a bin front,said bin 'front comprising', a body part adapted for interlocking`engagement between the spaced upriglits and having; a plurality ofportions defined by lines of severance and pressed bodilyaway from theplane `o'l' the body par' formingretainingr buttons adagted to eiubraceopposite edges of a label having' characters thereon tor referring tothe contents of the bin.

2. The combination of, spaced ugrights, means cooperating' with saiduprights to provide a bin, and a bin liront, said bin liront comprising,a body part adapted for interlocking engagement between the spaceduprights, a plurality of portions o'l' the body being' defined by liliesof severance spaced from each other at their ends to provide connectinglinks, a part of each portion being delined by curved lines and pressedbodily .away from the plane of the body to provide retaining' buttonsadapted to receive and 4hold the edges of a plurality `oi labels.

3. The combination of, spaced uprights, means eooperatin` with saiduprigrlits to provide a bin, and a bin front, said bin front comprising,a body adapted to engage be tween the spaced uprights having a portionformed along an edge thereof to provide a card retaining slot, andportions upset from the plane of the body at a distance from the edge,adapted to engage opposite edges of labels.

Ll. The combination of, spaced uprights, means cooperating with saiduprigrlits to provide a bin, and a bin front, said bin frontcomprising', a body adapted to engage between spaced uprights having; laplurality ol opposite edge portions formed to provide a card retaining'slot, and portions upset 'from the plane of the body and interi-utina`the slot for embracing' vopposite edges el a card arranged to refer tothe contents of the bin.

The combination of, spaced uprights, means cooperating' with saiduprights to provide a bin, and a bin front, said bin front comprising, abody formed to provide top and bottom label retaining' Hannes, andbrackets removably attached to said body for supporting' the bodybetween the spaced uprights, said body having a plurality of projectionsstruck up Jrom the material thereof, intermediate the top and bottomretaining ianges, and intermediate the ends o1E the body, forcooperating' with the top and bottom retaining flanges to secure aplurality of labels against movement in either direction.

WALTER N. VANCE.

